diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index ed022f8c48c7..bb0ffa3bb4df 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -417,19 +417,11 @@ static void init_once(void *data)
 	inode_init_once(&ei->vfs_inode);
 }
 
-static void bdev_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
-	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode); /* is it needed here? */
-	clear_inode(inode);
-}
-
 static const struct super_operations bdev_sops = {
 	.statfs = simple_statfs,
 	.alloc_inode = bdev_alloc_inode,
 	.free_inode = bdev_free_inode,
 	.drop_inode = inode_just_drop,
-	.evict_inode = bdev_evict_inode,
 };
 
 static int bd_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)